DAILY MATCHUPS: On Whitley's Sunday start against BOS

As a way to preview the day's games, the 2014 Daily Matchups column seeks to highlight the outliers or notable matchups on the HQ Pitcher Matchup tool (also available as an 8-day scan). For more information on how to leverage the report, see our research article from 2012.

 

Today’s schedule overview:  Sunday’s schedule is of course a full slate. Oakland-Miami is the lone AL-NL game. The Red Sox and Yankees will do battle in the ESPN night game. Weather doesn’t look to be a factor in any game cities.
 

Best SP choices

  • Clayton Kershaw (LHP, LA) is rated a 2.88 for his Sunday turn against the Cardinals. The Dodger southpaw has averaged a 4.5 PQS over his last four starts, and he averaged the same figure in two starts against STL a year...

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